As much as he resents this childish babysitting shit that Hijikata still hasn't been able to grow out of and insists on acting upon, Souji would be inclined to agree if he knew what was going through the other's head.

Souji tolerates Hijikata's babysitting—like hell he's going to extend the same favor to anyone else here. Not now, not ever.

Besides, if Hijikata goes, Souji goes. He won't let the other leave him behind under any circumstances.

They really are all they have and they can't afford to trivialize it under any circumstances. Besides, Hijikata is always looking after everyone else, but who's looking after him? Kondou-san would never forgive him if he let something happen to the other ( and Souji would never forgive himself, either ) and that includes it occurring as consequence to any of their actions—singlehandedly or together.

"Do you think it's really a trap?" He doesn't want to be questioning this, he wants to shrug it off and turn and leave the doorway to go find whatever it is they should hopefully be able to find as an answer to their predicament, but his feet feel like lead and he's frozen in place, still staring at the door. This time. Wait.

. . . wait?

Something flickers in his eyes suddenly. "If what it says is true, we've done this before but all wrong, right?

He turns to look back down the stairs to the dim lighting coming form the single room they'd woken up with.

"This all occurred? So, did we stand here as we are now needing to make a choice?"

A pause, his voice dropping slightly in volume without realizing it.

"...Or was it me or you on the other side of the door the last time or the time before that?"

Because that? That would change everything.